Enhancing Interest in Cybersecurity Careers: A Peer Mentoring Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorJaneja, Vandana
dc.contributor.authorFaridee, Abu Zaher Md
dc.contributor.authorGangopadhyay, Aryya
dc.contributor.authorSeaman, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorEverhart, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-13T19:08:36Z
dc.date.available2021-08-13T19:08:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-21
dc.descriptionSIGCSE ’18, Feb. 21–24, 2018, Baltimore, MD, USAen
dc.description.abstractThe focus of this paper is an evaluation of our peer mentoring framework designed to encourage more students to seek cybersecurity career pathways through providing peer interactions. We present and compare results from two years (Spring 2016 and 2017) of interaction between students in an introductory Information Systems class (IS 300: Management of Information Systems) and an upper-level elective Cybersecurity course (IS 471: Data Analytics for Cybersecurity). Our results show a continuation of the general trend observed in the 2016 study. The students who receive peer mentoring show more interest in cybersecurity issues and careers and gain more overall knowledge throughout the semester, than those who don’t. This is reflected by the results of an anonymous survey and overall grade improvements. These students show more variations regarding their choice of cybersecurity as a career compared to students who did not receive any mentoring, demonstrating that they are able to make more informed decisions. Female students exhibit more pronounced responses to peer mentoring in contrast to their male counterparts.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is funded by the National Science Foundation Grant #1515358 titled ‘Integrating Cybersecurity with Undergraduate IT Programs’en
dc.description.urihttps://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10124974en
dc.format.extent6 pagesen
dc.genreconference papers and proceedingsen
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m24brk-evxr
dc.identifier.citationJaneja, Vandana P. et al.; Enhancing Interest in Cybersecurity Careers: A Peer Mentoring Perspective; SIGCSE ’18, Feb. 21–24, 2018; https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159563en
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159563
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/22432
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machineryen
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Student Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.en
dc.subjectcybersecurityen
dc.subjectworkforce developmenten
dc.subjectpeer mentoringen
dc.subjectinformation systemsen
dc.titleEnhancing Interest in Cybersecurity Careers: A Peer Mentoring Perspectiveen
dc.typeTexten
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-1197en
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6588-9830en

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